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1174013

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date	29/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Homelessness: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support he is providing to (a) homeless children and (b) children in temporary accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Sarah Owen
uin	9145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>The use of temporary accommodation means people are getting help and ensures no family is without a roof over their head.</p><p>Any accommodation secured by a local authority for a homeless household must meet the standards in ‘The homelessness code of guidance,’ which sets out in detail what the authority must take into account when considering the accommodation’s suitability for a homeless household.</p><p>The code of guidance can be accessed here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/homelessness-code-of-guidance-for-local-authorities" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/homelessness-code-of-guidance-for-local-authorities</a>.</p><p>Reducing the number of households in temporary accommodation is a priority for this Government and we have allocated over £1.2 billion over the last three years to tackle all forms of homelessness. This includes:</p><ul><li>Implementing the Homelessness Reduction Act;</li><li>Providing a Flexible Homelessness Support Grant for homelessness services; and</li><li>The Private Rented Sector Access Fund that will enable thousands of households to be supported into long-term private rented accommodation; and</li><li>Launching Capital Letters, a project which works with London Boroughs through a centralised procurement process to improve the supply of homes, reduce the cost to local authorities of procuring these homes and achieve better outcomes of homeless families.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 03/02/2020 16:23:06 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4777 label Biography information for Sarah Owen

1174194

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Wills
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the Law Commission plans to publish a response to its consultation on wills, which closed on 10 November 2017.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	9607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>The Law Commission remains committed to completing its work on wills, the timetable for which remains under review. The next step will be publication of its final report rather than a response to the consultation undertaken in 2017.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 03/02/2020 18:00:18 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1174195

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Angola: Droughts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions his Department has had with the Angolan Government on the recent droughts in that country.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	9717
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>Southern Africa is facing an urgent humanitarian crisis due to drought and other climate-related and economic factors. In southern Angola over 500,000 people are experiencing crisis-level food insecurity. The UK is pushing to put this crisis on the international agenda. On a recent visit to the country, I met with Angola’s Minister for Environment and discussed the drought and more broadly the humanitarian situation facing the wider region.</p><p>DFID is supporting the regional response through our contributions to multilaterals, notably the UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF). The CERF has so far allocated just over £4.8 million to the response in Angola. Through Regional Vulnerability Analysis and Assessment (RVAA) programme, led by the Southern Africa Development Community, the UK is supporting assessments to inform humanitarian and resilience responses, including in Angola.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 03/02/2020 16:13:47 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1174200

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Internet: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the report of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Technology use and the mental health of children and young people, published in January 2020, what plans he has for a consultation on a voluntary harm reporting scheme for online platforms, similar to the MHRA’s Yellow Card scheme for monitoring the harms of medical products.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	9626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>The government is developing world-leading plans to make the UK the safest place to be online. The Online Harms White Paper set out proposals to establish a statutory duty of care on online companies, overseen by an independent regulator with tough enforcement powers, to hold them to account. The regulator will have the power to require transparency reports from companies outlining what they are doing to protect people online, such as the processes to report content. These reports will be published so parents and children can make informed decisions about their internet use.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 03/02/2020 17:24:17 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1174205

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Census: Statutory Instruments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to lay the statutory instrument to make provision for Census 2021.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	9615
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>The draft Census (England and Wales) Order 2020 will be presented to both Houses in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 03/02/2020 17:24:55 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

1174210

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Digital Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the Government's target is for achieving digital literacy among the UK population.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	9674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring all users, children and adults, are empowered to understand and manage risks so that they can stay safe online. Online media and digital literacy can equip users with the skills they need to spot dangers online, critically appraise information and take steps to keep themselves and others safe online. The Government is ensuring that children get high quality education at school to develop their digital literacy. The Online Harms White Paper, published in April 2019, also set out the government’s intention to develop an online media literacy strategy. The strategy will ensure a coordinated and strategic approach to online media literacy education and awareness for children, young people and adults. It will be published in summer 2020.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government’s Digital Strategy, published in March 2017, sets out the Government’s approach to tackling digital exclusion. Our objective is to tackle the root causes of digital exclusion so that everyone can increase their digital capability to make the most of the digital world. We also committed to facilitating strong collaboration between the public, private and third sector to tackle the digital skills gap in a coordinated and coherent way.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Further, from August, we will introduce a legal entitlement for adults with no or low digital skills to undertake new digital qualifications free of charge.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 03/02/2020 17:23:14 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1174211

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling and Walking: Infrastructure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on implementing local cycling and walking infrastructure plans.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	9609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>The Department has provided support to 46 local authorities to help them develop Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure plans (LCWIPs). To date, the Department has received 36 draft plans. Authorities are at different stages of development, with many plans requiring local consultation and cabinet clearances. The Department is also working with the sector to develop further support for authorities on scheme development. Decisions on future funding for cycling and walking infrastructure will be a matter for the Budget and forthcoming Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 03/02/2020 17:25:44 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1174213

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Mumps
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle the increasing incidence of mumps.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	9610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>NHS England and NHS Improvement, the Department and Public Health England (PHE) are working with national and local stakeholders to raise awareness of the rise in mumps activity and promote uptake of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine, in particular to the age groups that are most affected - 15 to 25 year olds.</p><p>PHE is running a ‘Value of Vaccines’ campaign to help share messages and information on vaccination, which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/resources/campaigns/94-value-of-vaccines/overview" target="_blank">https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/resources/campaigns/94-value-of-vaccines/overview</a></p><p>There have been targeted communications for university students and festival goers in collaboration with Universities and Colleges Admissions Service which will continue to be amplified in the coming weeks. PHE provides information on the benefits and risks of the MMR vaccine to the public using National Health Service branded leaflets. The leaflets address common questions about the MMR vaccine. This information is designed for use by schools, healthcare centres, accident and emergency departments, hospital wards, walk-in centres and general practices.</p><p>In addition, NHS England is running an MMR catch-up programme for 10 and 11-year olds through general practices.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 03/02/2020 17:44:21 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1174218

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls: France
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much UK Government funding has been provided for border security in northern France in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	9736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>The UK and France maintain a longstanding relationship on tackling illegal migration at the shared border; since 2015 the UK has committed several funding packages to supporting this work and to upholding security standards.</p><p>In 2015, both countries signed a Joint Declaration which committed £10 million towards security reviews of the juxtaposed controls and to moving migrants into reception centres across France. This was followed by payments in 2016 (£17 million) and 2017 (£36 million) to further strengthen the border and maintain the operation of the juxtaposed controls.</p><p>In January 2018 both countries signed the Sandhurst Treaty. As part of this package, the UK made a further commitment of €50 million (£45.5m), of which a significant portion was dedicated to improving border security infrastructure across Northern France.</p><p>Finally, in January 2019 the UK and France signed the Joint Action Plan on Combatting Illegal Migration Involving Small Boats. Under paragraph 11 of this plan, the UK committed €3.6m (approximately £3.25m) to tackling the issue and thereby further strengthening preventive security measures at the French coast. This funding has been spent over the course of the 19/20 Financial Year.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 03/02/2020 16:48:51 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1174222

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proportion of the staff employed by her Department are apprentices.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	9743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government expects to train up hundreds of thousands more highly skilled apprentices during this Parliament and government departments all have a role to play in this.</p><p> </p><p>Data regarding the number of apprentices in each Government Department is published yearly as part of routine Government transparency. The most recent report was published in September, covering the 2018-2019 financial year, and can be found on GOV.UK:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-apprenticeship-data-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-apprenticeship-data-2018-to-2019</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Skipton and Ripon answering member printed Julian Smith question first answered 03/02/2020 17:46:22 answering member 4118 label Biography information for Julian Smith
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq